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i mean, why would any republican ever seek re-election saying, yes, i did cut taxes, i raised taxes on people that are out in this audience and also screwed you on medicare? why would anybody want to do that? >> ana navarro, this is part and parcel of where the republican is going. near as i can tell, it's been hanging out in maryland at the cpac conference. your trinkets, stand with rand posters. >> i'm still twiping, so you know, three days after at cpac. but rand paul had an entire campaign going on. it did not happen by accident. >> here's what i want to do. two sound bites from this week, two different visions of the road ahead. let's play that and get some reaction. >> we don't need a new idea. there is an idea. it's called america. and it still works. >> the gop of old has grown stale and moss covered. i don't think we need to name any names, do we? >> one of the things he means i think, senator mccain, or picked a fight with hawks in the republican party. who's the face right now? what does it mean to be a conservative in the party right now? >> i don't think we know. i think t
i mean, why would any republican ever seek re-election saying, yes, i did cut taxes, i raised taxes on people that are out in this audience and also screwed you on medicare? why would anybody want to do that? >> ana navarro, this is part and parcel of where the republican is going. near as i can tell, it's been hanging out in maryland at the cpac conference. your trinkets, stand with rand posters. >> i'm still twiping, so you know, three days after at cpac. but rand paul had an...
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there's no income tax, no estate tax, but a lot of peep don't like the heat. i'm just saying, you know, maybe people are looking at this wilbur saying there's a lot of high tax states. california ione of them. new york is one of them. tristate, new york city, new jersey, connecticut area, all high tax states. where do we go? that's what pliticians count on. >> my guess is he'll be in the sense to bring in more tax than he will lose. i don't think you're going to have vast outbound migration, but i think the question is, did you break safe with the business community when you promise them the temporary tax, people sported it. i don't know very few people in the business community opposed it the first time because we thought, well, he's doing a good job. he's trying to fix it a lot of things in the state budget. if he needs the temporary cover, give it to him, but now to extend it, that reminds me that federal income tax was supposed to be a temporary tax to pay for world world war i, limited to pay for world war i. neil: you're right. stayed on, didn't it? >> t
there's no income tax, no estate tax, but a lot of peep don't like the heat. i'm just saying, you know, maybe people are looking at this wilbur saying there's a lot of high tax states. california ione of them. new york is one of them. tristate, new york city, new jersey, connecticut area, all high tax states. where do we go? that's what pliticians count on. >> my guess is he'll be in the sense to bring in more tax than he will lose. i don't think you're going to have vast outbound...
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why can't we allow the american public paying the taxes to earmark bulk of their taxes to things they want. if they want the white house press tours. if they want enhanced military. if they want the social programs. you know what will happen? all the things that matt her get supported. the military, police, roads. all the little fluffy stuff will disappear. >> dana: no more solyndra. >> bob: sorry, go ahead. >> eric: one question. "washington post," editorial page, reopen the white house doors, calling it bureaucratic hostage-taking. that is a week later. >> dana: yeah. that is why they could have stopped this from the beginning. i had a good point earlier i said in green room. if you throw the secret service under the bus, why not do it two weeks ago on the night when they announce that the white house tours would be closed? if you throw them under the bus you could have said whoa, secret service. you can't close the white house tours. we will figure this out. the white house will save the day. blame the secret service on that end. instead, they made everybody look bad. >> bob: the s
why can't we allow the american public paying the taxes to earmark bulk of their taxes to things they want. if they want the white house press tours. if they want enhanced military. if they want the social programs. you know what will happen? all the things that matt her get supported. the military, police, roads. all the little fluffy stuff will disappear. >> dana: no more solyndra. >> bob: sorry, go ahead. >> eric: one question. "washington post," editorial page,...
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it's a paper trail that exposes dysfunction and hundreds of tax dollars. >> a series of breakdowns by the city, the faa and the san jose airport, the city manages the airport, federal rules prevent it from cashing in on the airport's success. it's a snapshot of your government at work. or maybe not at work. >> welcome to san jose international airport. >> it's an airport funded by your airfare. your travel dollars, and it's this draft audit, raising questions about where your money went. it's written by the federal aviation administration. it's critical of the city of san jose, and it's funded by your tax dollars. >> what they found was, there were violations of the law. >> gabe bruno is the executive director of the faa whistle blower alliance, and a former high ranking executive in the faa. the draft audit accuses the city of san jose of improperly using airport profits in three different areas. >> one of the red flags that that raises with me is why nobody's really asking questions about this. >> specifically, the audit accuses the city of san jose of unlawfully diverting millions
it's a paper trail that exposes dysfunction and hundreds of tax dollars. >> a series of breakdowns by the city, the faa and the san jose airport, the city manages the airport, federal rules prevent it from cashing in on the airport's success. it's a snapshot of your government at work. or maybe not at work. >> welcome to san jose international airport. >> it's an airport funded by your airfare. your travel dollars, and it's this draft audit, raising questions about where your...
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, rising gas prices and delayed tax refund checks, a sentiment echoed by the national retail federation. for "nightly business report," i'm courtney reagan. >> as courtney just mentioned, consumers are spending on housing and garden supplies. coming up, we'll take you behind the scenes of the home depot product walk. it's where companies showcase their hottest home items for this spring. >>> chief executives of some of america's biggest companies are optimistic about the u.s. economy, expecting it to grow more than 2% this year. the business roundtable is out with its latest ceo economic outlook index. it rose to a score of 81 in march. now, that was much higher than the previous reading of 65 back in december. anything above the score of 50 indicates economic expansion. another positive, the survey was taken even before the recent run-up in the stock market. now, 72% of those ceos surveyed expect their company sales to rise in the next six months. 38% plan to boost capital spending in that same period, but only 29% of them hire more workers over the next six months. >>> if you're think
, rising gas prices and delayed tax refund checks, a sentiment echoed by the national retail federation. for "nightly business report," i'm courtney reagan. >> as courtney just mentioned, consumers are spending on housing and garden supplies. coming up, we'll take you behind the scenes of the home depot product walk. it's where companies showcase their hottest home items for this spring. >>> chief executives of some of america's biggest companies are optimistic about...
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in thete tax systems world. what has changed is the arrival of this chancellor and this government who have put right the mess made by the party opposite. >> order. be the goals when exp blunkett. >> what progress has been made by the high-level panel on the development of priorities for the millennium development goals after 2015. >> i am proud to be leading the united nations high-level panel on what should replace the millennium development goals when they expire in 2015. in my view, we should put the strongest possible emphasis on attempting to banish extreme poverty from the world and that focus on extreme poverty should come first and foremost. i also hope that, in replacing and enhancing the millennium development goals, we can for the first time look at what i call the golden thread of things that help people and countries out of poverty, which includes good government, lack of corruption, the presence of law and order, justice, and the rule of law. those things can make a real difference. blunkett.id >>
in thete tax systems world. what has changed is the arrival of this chancellor and this government who have put right the mess made by the party opposite. >> order. be the goals when exp blunkett. >> what progress has been made by the high-level panel on the development of priorities for the millennium development goals after 2015. >> i am proud to be leading the united nations high-level panel on what should replace the millennium development goals when they expire in 2015....
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irs holding $917 million in unclaimed tax refunds. if you forgot to follow a return you could be entitled to part of the money. you must file by april 15th of this year or the money goes back the u.s. treasury for good. many on the list are low income taxpayers not required to file returns but already entitled to a tax refund. >> if you're due a refund there is no penalty. >> file the paper work. >> yi. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> sandhya patel has been looking for rain out there. >> everywhere. >> where is it now? cheryl, dan, yes, rain is in the future but we're going to get you through the weekend with dry weather and changes will come. so you do have a nice dry weekend for st. patrick's day. as you look at live doppler 7 right now you'll notice there is cloud cover. we have mid and high level clouds just streaming overhead but those are not rain clouds. rain holds off until next week. there is a chance of snow looking at heavenly. san francisco, 54 now, san jose, 68. temperatures cooler today, low 50s to mid-70s. you can he clo
irs holding $917 million in unclaimed tax refunds. if you forgot to follow a return you could be entitled to part of the money. you must file by april 15th of this year or the money goes back the u.s. treasury for good. many on the list are low income taxpayers not required to file returns but already entitled to a tax refund. >> if you're due a refund there is no penalty. >> file the paper work. >> yi. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> sandhya patel has been...
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democrats budget plan would net $1 trillion from cutting tax loopholes. republicans propose overhauling medicare, rolling back healthcare reform and making other cuts. >>> the defense department released the names of five u.s. service members killed when their helicopter went down in afghanistan last monday during a rainstorm. the dead were identified as staff sergeant steven blast of iowa chief officer henderson and captain sarah nut son of maryland. all of them were 27. also killed were 31-year-old staff sergeant mark sealdo of map m the, florida and zackery shannon of florida. the military says there was no enemy activity in the area at the time of the crash. >>> the fear is different. >> ten years since the beginning of the war. how people in that country say life changed. >> and a spectacular sight overseas. the volume can in this case blast that sent lava flying nearly 10,000 feet. >>> and madonna once again making a statement, a comment she made in support of the gay and lesbian community. if you like shrimp then you're going to love sizzler's shri
democrats budget plan would net $1 trillion from cutting tax loopholes. republicans propose overhauling medicare, rolling back healthcare reform and making other cuts. >>> the defense department released the names of five u.s. service members killed when their helicopter went down in afghanistan last monday during a rainstorm. the dead were identified as staff sergeant steven blast of iowa chief officer henderson and captain sarah nut son of maryland. all of them were 27. also killed...
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. >> the additional money generated through proposition 30 which temporarily raises taxes on high earners to help fund public ed oox state lawmaker introduce aid bill closing a loophole alouing out of state players to file california worker compensation clai.s right now, 3,000 retired players never played have worker's comp claims pending in california court claiming they were injured in that state. in case that's is costing state taxpayers millions. >> to a lot of chase bank customers got a big scare when they went online today. >> yes. looked as though all money was gone. >> yes. >> can you imagine? >> yes. >> imagine going on line, seeing your balance is zero. that is what happened to many chase bank customers many of those went online or used smart phone owes co-not see balances. is those who did manage to log on saw a zero balance. chase said it was an internal problem that has been resolved. so your money should show up if looking now. positive news on the housing front. foreclosures dropped in february, down 29% compared to the year before. lowest since the housing crisis started.
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additional tax mayer money will be used. in san jose, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> california officials announced a new partnership with the federal government to bring two large solar projects to california. governor jerry brown held a press conference with interior secretary ken salazar. the projects are in riverside county. they'll help california reach itself goal to get a third of its energy from renewable sources from 20/20. >>> one south bay teenager is taking home more from her washington trip. >>> and it feels like an early spring out there with some places in the 80s today. our chief meteorologist, bill martin will let us know about the temperatures. >> you can still watch ktvu newscast. get the app or go to ktvu.com. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! to
additional tax mayer money will be used. in san jose, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> california officials announced a new partnership with the federal government to bring two large solar projects to california. governor jerry brown held a press conference with interior secretary ken salazar. the projects are in riverside county. they'll help california reach itself goal to get a third of its energy from renewable sources from 20/20. >>> one south bay teenager is taking...
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>>reporter: miami said they will not wave the tax. they will hear. the before they vote tonight. >>> the niners super bowl committee will deliver a plan in march. if the bay area loses out for super bowl l, it will go up against houston for super bowl li. final announcement is expected to be made may 22nd. >>> turning to the weather, we've been tracking a system, bringing rain to the bay area. let's take a look at it and see how it's starting to come in. this is new video. rosemary joins us now with more. >> earlier today, i want to show you right around 4:00 or 5:00, we began to see the light showers on storm tracker 2 and moderate to heavy rains slid around the peninsula. right now it's over the east bay and died down just a little bill. there's still good rain falling is long 880. if i put on the tracker, you can see anywhere from .32 fall an hour. this was along the peninsula and will continue to move east in the next half hour. we've got about a 24 hour win die where we will see off and on rain at times. i'll show you what the expect coming up .
>>reporter: miami said they will not wave the tax. they will hear. the before they vote tonight. >>> the niners super bowl committee will deliver a plan in march. if the bay area loses out for super bowl l, it will go up against houston for super bowl li. final announcement is expected to be made may 22nd. >>> turning to the weather, we've been tracking a system, bringing rain to the bay area. let's take a look at it and see how it's starting to come in. this is new...
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it calls for increases in spending and taxes. the democrat's budget would increase tax revenues over a trillion dollars over the next 10 years. >> the american went to the polls in support of. >> republicans introduced a proposal based on spending cuts. >>> president obama nominated a new embassador to libya today, deborah jones. if approved she will fill a post left vacant by u.s. ambassador chris stevens. he was killed in an attack in benghazi september 11 last year. >>> police scheduled a gun buy back program, cash for fire arms events have been popular. this is video from an earlier event. the program is planned for saturday from 10:00 a.m. through 3:00 p.m. at pittsburg city hall. people can receive 50 up to $300 in exchange for guns. >>> up in flames, a explosion and fire after a boat collides with a pipeline in louisiana, the connection this crash has to the bay area. >> looking brighter in california, california has been lagging behind but the sign things are turning around. hello? the words are going this way-there's no
it calls for increases in spending and taxes. the democrat's budget would increase tax revenues over a trillion dollars over the next 10 years. >> the american went to the polls in support of. >> republicans introduced a proposal based on spending cuts. >>> president obama nominated a new embassador to libya today, deborah jones. if approved she will fill a post left vacant by u.s. ambassador chris stevens. he was killed in an attack in benghazi september 11 last year....
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what we can do because the postal service doesn't receive federal appropriations, it doesn't receive tax money, and patrick donohue says they never will. >> thank you. happening right now, day one of a week-long experiment open bart, aiming to test whether bicyclists and other passengers can share bart trains during the high commute hours. our news reporter is live at the bart station in oakland. how is it going so far, amy? >> kristen, we have not seen major problems but the debate is raging on. bart is trying to make it more comfortable for everyone, trying to make this work. but bicycle riders say they realize it is crowd asked they worried about tonight saying the evening commute is when it really is jammed up in there. >> bicycles are allowed on bart trains at any hour this week but that does not necessarily mean they welcome. >> they are constantly in the way and they take up two or three chairs. you commute around 5:00, it is not a good idea to have them. it is really crowded. >> officials say they have reconfigured the trains to try and create more space for bicycle riders and wi
what we can do because the postal service doesn't receive federal appropriations, it doesn't receive tax money, and patrick donohue says they never will. >> thank you. happening right now, day one of a week-long experiment open bart, aiming to test whether bicyclists and other passengers can share bart trains during the high commute hours. our news reporter is live at the bart station in oakland. how is it going so far, amy? >> kristen, we have not seen major problems but the debate...
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levied forbe a tax all deposits in cyprus banks. their russian the but the bailout deal in place before the banks reopen on tuesday. -- they are rushing to put the bailout in place. >> following news of the bailout news, lines formed at the atm try to avoid the levy. this affects everyone with a bank account. those with deposits on the island have to pay the levy between 6.75%-9.9%. program, wepecific found it justified in terms of burden sharing to also involved the depositors. in a levy difference but under $100,000. >> germany have long delayed it endorsing the bailout. now, chancellor angela merkel says she has decided. way, the people responsible for this situation are involved, not just taxpayers in other countries. i think it's good we have taken this step. it's a good step that made our approval for the aid of cyprus much easier. >> the cost of the aid package is now much lower than previously expected, only 10 billion euro. lawmakers in each eurozone country have to give a final stamp of approval. >> the newly elected pope
levied forbe a tax all deposits in cyprus banks. their russian the but the bailout deal in place before the banks reopen on tuesday. -- they are rushing to put the bailout in place. >> following news of the bailout news, lines formed at the atm try to avoid the levy. this affects everyone with a bank account. those with deposits on the island have to pay the levy between 6.75%-9.9%. program, wepecific found it justified in terms of burden sharing to also involved the depositors. in a levy...
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the liquor industry pays $6 billion per year federal taxes. the sex industry could do the same thing. there will still come. the bunny ranch is world famous. when you have a television show that has been on 11 years on hbo you get pretty famous. gerri: welcome back to "the willis report" live from atlantic city. we are talking the business of vice today. if you are looking to put your hand in gaming stocks in the we have you covered for some of the hottest picks out there. managing director joins me now. thank you for being with us. you're one of the smartest mines read comes to investing in the stocks. i want to start here with atlantic city produce say it is hard to play. >> if you look from a public equity standpoint there is very little exposure. the earnings from caesars, the it's an earnings. otherwise the main gaming companies just don't have a lot of investment, so it is not release an earnings driver for them. gerri: so let's talk about vegas because i think you find that an easier way to get into the marketplace. vegas is still suffe
the liquor industry pays $6 billion per year federal taxes. the sex industry could do the same thing. there will still come. the bunny ranch is world famous. when you have a television show that has been on 11 years on hbo you get pretty famous. gerri: welcome back to "the willis report" live from atlantic city. we are talking the business of vice today. if you are looking to put your hand in gaming stocks in the we have you covered for some of the hottest picks out there. managing...
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among them, waiving the city's hotel tax for nfl employees and the teams. suspending ticket surcharges and droped adding parking fees. the concessions add up to millions. it's more than worth it because it will be offset by the income and the publicity. >> the way that we're doing the superer bowl is a great regional effort. we'll be able to highlight everything from the golden gate to silicon valley. >> santa clara city council will hold a special meeting. >>> with little to no rain so far this year, any rain would be big news. >> yes, tonight, a storm is moving in. take a look. on your left, a live look from the south bay. clouds hanging over east san jose. on the right, the bay bridge toll plaza. the roads still dry at this hour, but tomorrow will be a different story. chief meet i don't goologiteo m this story. >> we're tracking a lot of moisture and showing up as rainfall on the radar. we know no reporting sites have tipped over anything more than one hundredth of an inch. expect a few areas of drizzle and also mist. that is pretty much it here for at
among them, waiving the city's hotel tax for nfl employees and the teams. suspending ticket surcharges and droped adding parking fees. the concessions add up to millions. it's more than worth it because it will be offset by the income and the publicity. >> the way that we're doing the superer bowl is a great regional effort. we'll be able to highlight everything from the golden gate to silicon valley. >> santa clara city council will hold a special meeting. >>> with little...
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they don't want any kind of revenue, any kind of taxes. some are ok with tax reform. but if you're going go through the text couple of years as a lawmaker you're dealing with a president who is liberal. i think that is an open question for the movement and for the party. >> rusty, i will start with you. if you were advising the conservatives within the republican party, what would you tell them to do for what robert is saying here, in terms of getting on the right course to solve this problem but, two, recognize you have elections coming up in a year and half. you have to deal with the political reality as well. what would you advising people that are coming out with republican budgets to do? >> we have to cut the budget. but we have to have a message -- >> that is not simple and you know it. >> of course it is simple. there are so much waste and fraud -- of course it is simple. >> it is understand but not simple to do. >> it is more simple than they are not doing, they are not trying to. the problem is -- >> you have to face that fact. the people who are going to vot
they don't want any kind of revenue, any kind of taxes. some are ok with tax reform. but if you're going go through the text couple of years as a lawmaker you're dealing with a president who is liberal. i think that is an open question for the movement and for the party. >> rusty, i will start with you. if you were advising the conservatives within the republican party, what would you tell them to do for what robert is saying here, in terms of getting on the right course to solve this...
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. >> under the deal, anybody with a bank deposit in cyprus will be taxed. was lesss everybody than a certain amount of money in the bank will pay a one-time tax. anyone who has more than that in savings will pay 9.9%. someone with $150,000 in the bank will be forced to give the government nearly $15,000. cyprus is the third eurozone country to receive a financial lifeline, but the first to dip into people's savings to pay for it. >> it is a lose lose situation. there will be a huge deposit withdrawal, with or without a levy. >> the deal still requires the approval of parliament and it is not just cyprus it should be worried. 40% ofers account for bank deposit, and most of them are from nonresident russians. those alone amount to more than $32 billion. >> russian public opinion has a contradictory approach. on one hand, they're very happy because they believe that a businessman who puts his money to cyprus banks and not honest not honest -- businessman. >> cyprus may well default in may, and crash out of the euro. >> the president was quite drastic in his sp
. >> under the deal, anybody with a bank deposit in cyprus will be taxed. was lesss everybody than a certain amount of money in the bank will pay a one-time tax. anyone who has more than that in savings will pay 9.9%. someone with $150,000 in the bank will be forced to give the government nearly $15,000. cyprus is the third eurozone country to receive a financial lifeline, but the first to dip into people's savings to pay for it. >> it is a lose lose situation. there will be a huge...
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with the obamacare tax on housing that is a confiscation, confiscatory tax on assets. which is taxing income already been taxed once. people are saying we already do this. what do you think? >> first of all, i couldn't agree more. that's why i voted against obamacare and voted 30 times to repeal it. it is outrageous. i will say this. in this case congress did vote to do this they did pass obamacare. the president signed it. the supreme court declared it constitutional. those are all things i disagree with. they were done within the framework of the law. in this case congress would have acted ahead of time and made it apparent we don't favor anything like this. i think it is a little bit different. melissa: are you worried, are there internal conversations what is going on in cyprus and any spillover you might see around the world? any ensuing global slowdown because just a few hours ago they said they were cutting in half the amount of money that people can take out of the atms. they have had the banks closed for days. they are not reopening them, they say, until next
with the obamacare tax on housing that is a confiscation, confiscatory tax on assets. which is taxing income already been taxed once. people are saying we already do this. what do you think? >> first of all, i couldn't agree more. that's why i voted against obamacare and voted 30 times to repeal it. it is outrageous. i will say this. in this case congress did vote to do this they did pass obamacare. the president signed it. the supreme court declared it constitutional. those are all...
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how a group of business owners decided to tax themselves to keep san jose beautiful. the story is tonight's bay area proud. [ male announcer ] fact: the 100% electric nissan leaf... is more fun than ever. sees better than ever. ♪ charges faster. and will charge. cool. and heat. from your phone. fact: leaf never needs gas. ever. good for the world. built in america. now, leaf's an easier choice than ever. ♪ shop at choosenissan.com. ♪ >>> here is something you don't hear every day. several san jose property owners chose to tax themselves, and they have been doing it for years. their goal is simple, make san jose look much better. if they don't, no one will. in this age of budget cuts. garvin thomas has tonight's bay area proud. the series that focuses on what is working in our community. >> reporter: success in a big city like san jose is often measured by what you have more of. this success story, though, is about what the city boasts less of these days. less trash in the streets. less gum on the sidewalks, less graffiti on the wall. >> my streets are beautiful.
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global markets were spooked busy bruise planning to tax investors. >>> "wall street journal" says fbi investigation over possible bribery of chinese officials is unfounded. officials say despite the paper's finding the federal case is open. the bribery allegations are tied to a larger phone hacking scandal that's plagued rupert murdoch which includes dow jones. >>> lululemon toppled after news of a shortage of their yoga pants. a shipment of their trademark fabric made the pants overly sheer. >>> new research finds 57% of u.s. workers have less than $25,000 saved for retirement. five years ago only 49% admitted having so little saved. >> so much for those likes. a new study by coca-cola shows it has no measurable impact on short term sales. >>> click away while you can. "the washington post" is set to start charging for additional content this summer. >> when is a station wagon super cool? when it's a corvette. there's an aerowagon concept returning the 2014 stingray into a hatch back. >>> americans by the millions are filling out their ncaa basketball brackets. and just so you can so
global markets were spooked busy bruise planning to tax investors. >>> "wall street journal" says fbi investigation over possible bribery of chinese officials is unfounded. officials say despite the paper's finding the federal case is open. the bribery allegations are tied to a larger phone hacking scandal that's plagued rupert murdoch which includes dow jones. >>> lululemon toppled after news of a shortage of their yoga pants. a shipment of their trademark fabric...
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hedge funds want to move offshore, of course for tax purposes. is this a good thing for hedge funds? do they make money this way? is their performance better? > > yeah it's a good thing for a hedge funds, just like it's a good thing for tech companies to hide their money overseas just like apple is doing. apple has all their cash overseas. hedge funds are going to take their profits overseas so they don't have to pay u.s. taxes. > > can we do the pledge of allegiance? but anyway, mr. paulson wants to go to puerto rico, but he should be concerned about the 18% he lost in his gold fund last month. that is his concern, and going there - they still have the dollar in puerto rico - the dollar is what is killing gold, and actually gold is continuing to hold ground even though the dollar has new six- to eight- month highs. so, i think gold is a positive, and he is going to recover from that, not that it matters, because he is worth $11 billion. > here is this week's bonus round question. i am getting a little serious here, and because it is st. patrick'
hedge funds want to move offshore, of course for tax purposes. is this a good thing for hedge funds? do they make money this way? is their performance better? > > yeah it's a good thing for a hedge funds, just like it's a good thing for tech companies to hide their money overseas just like apple is doing. apple has all their cash overseas. hedge funds are going to take their profits overseas so they don't have to pay u.s. taxes. > > can we do the pledge of allegiance? but anyway,...
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get rid of the high tax rates and small businesses through tax reform. another point i think the ranking member will keep mentioning, medicare. and the medicare savings used for obamacare. two points. if you take the money from medicare to spend on obamacare, it does not go to medicare. we are saying, do not spend it on obamacare. make sure it goes to spending on the solvency of medicare. a number of groups in writing obamacare, supporting the legislation, said they could do more with less, but not all providers said that. we really do not know the answer to the puzzle because most of the cuts have not occurred yet. the tax increases are already in law and have already started. all the provider changes in the medicare network, and i have been on the oversight committee for 13 years. they have not even begun yet. we have not sorted through what will happen to providers. that is why we set up a mechanism to address the issues as they come in. some providers said they can do more with less. some said they could not. we will have to figure that out so the me
get rid of the high tax rates and small businesses through tax reform. another point i think the ranking member will keep mentioning, medicare. and the medicare savings used for obamacare. two points. if you take the money from medicare to spend on obamacare, it does not go to medicare. we are saying, do not spend it on obamacare. make sure it goes to spending on the solvency of medicare. a number of groups in writing obamacare, supporting the legislation, said they could do more with less, but...
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. >> the ireland central bank says even if politicians agree to a tax, it is not agreeing to international bailouts. people rushed to take out their money over the weekend. the european union and the international monetary fund. >> the feeling is that the house is going to reject the bill. >> why is that? because they fear cyprus, a clash. >> how will you treat this information? what will you do with it? >> we have our own plans. >> in japan, a power cut is hitting systems that keep nuclear fuel cool at the fukushima our station. the earthquake and the tsunami to show years ago -- two years ago destroyed the part of the station. the operator assists there is no danger. >> we believe there is plenty of time before the temperatures in the polls exceed what we believe is a danger level of 65 degrees. before that happens, we will do our best to restore power. globalfootage shot by witness seems to be showing activity leading to corrupt land deals. >> this is the malaysian state, fast and a rich and resources, home to many indigenous groups. but it's future hangs in the balance, under threat fr
. >> the ireland central bank says even if politicians agree to a tax, it is not agreeing to international bailouts. people rushed to take out their money over the weekend. the european union and the international monetary fund. >> the feeling is that the house is going to reject the bill. >> why is that? because they fear cyprus, a clash. >> how will you treat this information? what will you do with it? >> we have our own plans. >> in japan, a power cut is...
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. >> the president is trying to strike a balance, looking for republicans to agree on higher taxes and getting members of his own party to support deep spending cuts. democratic senator, bob casey, says the president's charm offensive is working, but in the end, congress has to learn to work together. >> i think the prospects are better than they've been, at least in the last 18 months. we have to work hard. >> some senators who met with the president expressed optimism. >> i'm hopeful this conversation was a positive step in that direction. >> the white house says the president will now step back and let congress sort out their differences. tara for cbs news, capitol hill. >>> and the president will be back in the bay area next month for the first time since the campaign. he'll reportedly host a pair of democratic fundraisers in san francisco on april 3 and 4. the white house isn't giving anymore details just yet. >> after more than 16 million tolls, the ride is almost over. but from those who spent much of their lives on the golden gate bridge, only to be replaced by computers. >>> a
. >> the president is trying to strike a balance, looking for republicans to agree on higher taxes and getting members of his own party to support deep spending cuts. democratic senator, bob casey, says the president's charm offensive is working, but in the end, congress has to learn to work together. >> i think the prospects are better than they've been, at least in the last 18 months. we have to work hard. >> some senators who met with the president expressed optimism....
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says his move was not about escaping taxes because his homeland had become too sad for him more at r.t. dot com. well white smoke billowing from the roof of the sistine chapel on wednesday seville the new head of the catholic church pope francis had been chosen the seventy six year old dodge in time became the first pontiff ever from south america and the first from beyond europe in more than a thousand years he placed a bet. the sixteenth in the vatican who unexpectedly resigned late february to discuss the issues the new pope has inherited from his predecessor we're now joined by our correspondent in the studio and we know a lot of interest when a new pope is chose nervously the church is in something of a crisis is that you say absolutely and that's why there is this particular attention being paid to pope francis because obviously it's not every day that the pope actually steps down and resigns and the lot of the people that we talk to because i was i was there when the event actually happened when pope actually stepped down we spoke to a lot of. specialist a lot of analysts of act
says his move was not about escaping taxes because his homeland had become too sad for him more at r.t. dot com. well white smoke billowing from the roof of the sistine chapel on wednesday seville the new head of the catholic church pope francis had been chosen the seventy six year old dodge in time became the first pontiff ever from south america and the first from beyond europe in more than a thousand years he placed a bet. the sixteenth in the vatican who unexpectedly resigned late february...
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money and their main targets are senior citizens. >> you have to pay the tax on the check before the check could be cashed. >> you keep asking for more money, more money. last night i went to bed crying. i don't have no money and the bills are coming. i don't have any oil. i'm freezing here. it's getting cold now. >> you'll have to take care of the final payment, bea. just keep your trust in us now. >> that's heartless. so far the scammers have gotten away with more than a billion dollars if you can believe it. >> always bad, particularly when it comes to the elderly. >>> now sports news this morning. well, we'll know on sunday who is playing whom when march madness starts next week. as for last night's highlights those from espn. >>> and with your "sportscenter" update i'm chris hassel. world baseball classic thriller on thursday night between the united states and the dominican republic. david wright out. no score, eric hosmer drawing the walk with the bases loaded, 1-0, u.s. top second, ramirez ties it up with a solo shot off r.a. dickey. winner secures a spot in the semifinals. l
money and their main targets are senior citizens. >> you have to pay the tax on the check before the check could be cashed. >> you keep asking for more money, more money. last night i went to bed crying. i don't have no money and the bills are coming. i don't have any oil. i'm freezing here. it's getting cold now. >> you'll have to take care of the final payment, bea. just keep your trust in us now. >> that's heartless. so far the scammers have gotten away with more than...
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low cost and tax efficient. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. [ robert ] we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >>> ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, welcome to the greatest show on earth thank you, thank you, thank you. the conservative circus known as cpac is back in town and they promised it would be new and different. sorry, kids. it's the same ol
low cost and tax efficient. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through...
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retail sales report that shows consumers continued to spend money in february despite higher payroll taxes and gas prices. the policies are keeping interest rates down and making the stock market the best place to go for a return on investments. and samsung's galaxy could be one of the best selling smart phones of the year. it comes with a high resolution crean, and it is lightweight because of the plastic shell. samsung is not giving any details away on the processor or price. the galaxy is expected to hit the shelves in april. >>> and then plunging to the lowest level since 2007, and more buyers jumped back in the market thanks to low interest rates. >>> and then hostess filed for bankruptcy last fall after a baker's strike pushed the company over the edge. >> people were mad about that, couldn't get their tweenkees, right. >>> facebook is using hash tags as well now. >> it took me a while to figure out what the hash tags were used for, and now facebook wants to cash in on it and maybe the stock will go up as well. >> the idea is to get people using facebook longer. you check in and go a
retail sales report that shows consumers continued to spend money in february despite higher payroll taxes and gas prices. the policies are keeping interest rates down and making the stock market the best place to go for a return on investments. and samsung's galaxy could be one of the best selling smart phones of the year. it comes with a high resolution crean, and it is lightweight because of the plastic shell. samsung is not giving any details away on the processor or price. the galaxy is...
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yesterday, senate democrats unveiled a budget plan calling for $1 trillion in new taxes. earlier this week, house republicans showed off their budget which includes more than $4 trillion in spending cuts. the president is expected to unveil his budget plans in april. >> samsung getting ready to fire a direct shot at the new galaxy s4. bertha coombs who i believe is a con na sewer of the electronics. good morning. >> i think now i have two cell phones, the ipad, mac. i use a pc here. i am all over every platform. it is march madness when it comes to the markets. the futures are higher. positive data on retail says. the dow extending the winning streak to nine days, the longest since november of 1996. the dow rising five points. that 14455 ending is another record high, the seventh straight. the nasdaq joined along adding 2 to 3245. samsung firing across the bow directly at apple with a brand new smart foun. set to unveil the galaxy s4. the first major launch. the galaxy s4 giving it a head start against the apple iphone. the s4 has a five-inch screen, making it bigger with
yesterday, senate democrats unveiled a budget plan calling for $1 trillion in new taxes. earlier this week, house republicans showed off their budget which includes more than $4 trillion in spending cuts. the president is expected to unveil his budget plans in april. >> samsung getting ready to fire a direct shot at the new galaxy s4. bertha coombs who i believe is a con na sewer of the electronics. good morning. >> i think now i have two cell phones, the ipad, mac. i use a pc here....
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we will close many corporate tax loopholes, like the tax deferral. you can move jobs overseas and never pay any taxes. , bribed us took bring the jobs home. we say no. if you are an american corporation and you earn money overseas or you earn money here but use tricks, it does not matter. we will tax it all. if you're paying taxes to a foreign government, you get a credit for that so no double taxation. but you should not get a in a fit of no taxes because you are shipping jobs abroad. we eliminate some of the depletion balances. there's no reason we should be giving tax subsidies to these companies. we eliminate benefits for , reduce corporate meals and entertainment. is one thing. the second thing we do is we say, all right, people making over $400,000 now will be haying a tax of three point 96% on their highest income. % on their highest income. institute new tax brackets for millionaires and billionaires. $1 on every one dollar above million. 40 six percent on every one dollar above 20 million dollars. we finally go to a total of 49% for every on
we will close many corporate tax loopholes, like the tax deferral. you can move jobs overseas and never pay any taxes. , bribed us took bring the jobs home. we say no. if you are an american corporation and you earn money overseas or you earn money here but use tricks, it does not matter. we will tax it all. if you're paying taxes to a foreign government, you get a credit for that so no double taxation. but you should not get a in a fit of no taxes because you are shipping jobs abroad. we...
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i don't think he should have said a ban, he should have raised taxes. we have to pay for it in health care the reason you want to do it. it's not because we're so concerned about what other people are consuming, it's he related to diabetes and people gain weight and the health care costs get passed on to everybody living a healthy life, tax them. >> i think the media has gone after him in part because he went after it brutally and tell what you to do and sarah palin said goodness gracious get out of my fridge. and people feel it's too heavy handed. on the other hand there's nothing wrong with saying there's too much obesity. obesity is a problem and i think especially in the minority communities and our children and i'm for the spirit of it, but he didn't have to pass a law. i mean-- >> he didn't pass a law. >> he passed a law through the city council that would have been better. but wouldn't have gotten it through. >> there's a long line of bad human habits i disagree with, but i don't think that we should tax i don't think that we should try to-- >> r
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spirits are also being taxed by an extra 30% and drinking in public places is now illegal. but some are defiant. >> drink who drink will continue to drink. >> bars like this are having to pass on the extra cost of the alcohol taxes to their customers, raising prices here and the fact that parliament is now debating whether to raise the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21 could push teenagers like this to seek chooper alcohol, homemade alcohol. it's made in garages and kitchens, and togethering with more professionally made fake products, accounts for 40% of all vodka sales. it also accounted for 12,000 eaths in 2011. >> none of these measures will work, as doesn't reduce people's need for alcohol, a need that has increased since 2008 when the economic crisis began. so if a person doesn't have access to legal alcohol, they'll get it from the bootleg sector. this is what is happening in russia. >> the crackdown is another ongoing battle, all part of president putin's plan to clean up russia and keep the world's largest country filled with enough people to sustain it. al-jazeer
spirits are also being taxed by an extra 30% and drinking in public places is now illegal. but some are defiant. >> drink who drink will continue to drink. >> bars like this are having to pass on the extra cost of the alcohol taxes to their customers, raising prices here and the fact that parliament is now debating whether to raise the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21 could push teenagers like this to seek chooper alcohol, homemade alcohol. it's made in garages and kitchens, and...
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is holding $917 million in unclaimed tax refunds from 2009. if you forgot do file a return you could be entitled to part of the money. half the refunds are worth over $500 but you have to file by april 15 or the money goes back to the treasury for good l -- there is no easy way to find out if you have money. many low onincome taxpayers and are not required to file a tax return. >> the nation's largest community college fights for its survival. the major deadline looming today for san francisco city college. >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> hope there is an extra people in your step because it is friday. thanks for joining us. >> we will find out if the weather is contributing to the pep in your step. >> i hope so. there is no rain on live doppler 7 hd showing dry conditions. check out our visibility, nine miles at half moon bay and santa rosa and everyone else is unlimited with mostly clear conditions and we will have high clouds and sunshine this afternoon. clouds will not be so thick as yesterday with democrats
is holding $917 million in unclaimed tax refunds from 2009. if you forgot do file a return you could be entitled to part of the money. half the refunds are worth over $500 but you have to file by april 15 or the money goes back to the treasury for good l -- there is no easy way to find out if you have money. many low onincome taxpayers and are not required to file a tax return. >> the nation's largest community college fights for its survival. the major deadline looming today for san...
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low cost and tax efficient. find out why nine out of ten large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. >>> coming up next, pope francis comes from the new world. will he continue the church's old world ways? 1.2 billion catholics want to know. we'll discuss next on "morning joe." do we have a mower? no. a trimmer? no. we got nothing. we just bought our first house, we're on a budget. we're not ready for spring. well let's get you ready. very nice. you see these various colors. we got workshops every saturday. yes, maybe a little bit over here. this spring, take on more lawn for less. not bad for our first spring. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get three bags of earthgro mulch, a special buy at just $10. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on
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we're told the president expressed interest in new tax revenue and also tax reform. as for senate democrats, their leaders are blasting the proposal that house republicans put forward on the budget, and author paul ryan. >> this budget was roundly defeated last november. i can imagine why they don't get a new dance step here. so until they get off this ryan republican march madness, all this magic he tried to do, we can't work together. if we're going to pass a budget. >> the house speaker, john boehner, the other key leader here on capitol hill, put a marker down saying, no more tax hikes, and no more gimics. >> but republicans reading the details of the democrats' budget say, this is not serious. >> that's correct. they are upset by the fact that the democratic budget plan would increase spending. does not address entitlements which are growing bigger every day and real drivers of the debt, and perhaps mostfor them a proposed massive tax increase. >> i'm quite shocked. we had heard it advertised by the authors that this was a trillion dollar tax increase. in fact i
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we can improve our tax code by closing all the tax loopholes that we have. that's what the president has been focused on since frankly since i started working for him back in 09. >> rose: do you believe, are you hopeful that somehow the capitol, the dinners the lunches that are taking place that there's somehow a change in the dynamic of the conversation? >> i think the president is willing to try whatever will work. i think that it's a pretty high hurdle he's facing. i say that because the president worked awfully hard because of the congressional leadership to reach a grand bargain. we set as a goal as a number of others have to rules the deficit by 4 trillion dollars over the next decade. we made substantial progress. two and-a-half million. we didn't reach a plan then because speaker boehner decided to go to plan b. if we couldn't get to the bargain then i don't know if it's any easier now. it's hard for me to say what has changed from their calculations. but the president is going to try whatever will work and try to be helpful with this process. >> ros
we can improve our tax code by closing all the tax loopholes that we have. that's what the president has been focused on since frankly since i started working for him back in 09. >> rose: do you believe, are you hopeful that somehow the capitol, the dinners the lunches that are taking place that there's somehow a change in the dynamic of the conversation? >> i think the president is willing to try whatever will work. i think that it's a pretty high hurdle he's facing. i say that...
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, local taxes, or federal taxes. california says they miss about $6.5 billion a year in tax revenue because of the underground economy. you multiply that out, that's a lot of money. adds up to more than they sequester. >> shepard: a large part of that is the failed drug war. but the drug war -- the reason it existed now, frankly, is that there's such an enormous economy around the failed drug war, that all the people who work in this failed industry, if you closed the failed drug war industry, you'd have hundreds of thousands of people without jobs. reporter: i suppose. or do the opposite which is make marijuana legal and maybe try to tax it. >> shepard: and regulate it. reporter: i think that illegal activity is a constant and what is new is work that is actually legal, it's just not -- off the books and the income is not being reported. >> shepard: changing world. >> it is. >> shepard: this dire situation in syria got more complicated, at least for today. coming up more on the reported use of chemical weapons. now,
, local taxes, or federal taxes. california says they miss about $6.5 billion a year in tax revenue because of the underground economy. you multiply that out, that's a lot of money. adds up to more than they sequester. >> shepard: a large part of that is the failed drug war. but the drug war -- the reason it existed now, frankly, is that there's such an enormous economy around the failed drug war, that all the people who work in this failed industry, if you closed the failed drug war...